Fresh from their very successful series of lectures on leadership for sustainability at Think!fest, the Rhodes Investec Business School (RIBS) has lined up another top-notch speaker for their Business Forum in August.
On Wednesday, 11 August, Jacqui Kew will speak on “Entrepreneurship in South Africa: Quo Vadis? New economic bottle, same social recipe. Is it sustainable?” The title suggests there could be some challenging theories and ideas about a topic that features prominently on the development agenda of many different sectors.
Kew has years of experience in the field of finance and entrepreneurship. She is a senior lecturer in the Accounting Department at the University of Cape Town, runs a short course on finance for non-financial managers at the UCT Graduate School of Business, and has been involved on a consultancy basis with the Centre for Innovation and Entrepreneurship since 2003, especially in the small business training programme.
Kew’s credentials extend further to her involvement with the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) research programme, which was initiated to explore and assess the role of entrepreneurship in national economic growth. She is one of the co-authors (with Mike Herrington and Penny Kew) of “Tracking Entrepreneurship in South Africa: a GEM Perspective” and has contributed to various other GEM reports.
For an authoritative voice on what entrepreneurship is doing in South Africa, don’t miss the RIBS Business Forum meeting on 11 August at 18h30.